QAction ___ Recent Files Menu

 

1.

   定义recent files 最大数量，即多少个recent files action；    

         如：#define MaxRecentFiles 15

   定义存放recent files action的QAction；

         如： QAction recentFileActs[ MaxRecentFiles ]；

 

2.

  初始化recent files action；

   pseudo code：

      for (int i = 0; i < MaxRecentFiles; ++i)

    {
        recentFileActs[i] = new QAction(this);
        recentFileActs[i]->setVisible(false);
        connect(recentFileActs[i], SIGNAL(triggered()),
                this, SLOT(openRecentFile()));
    }

 

3.create menu

   fileMenu = menuBar()->addMenu(tr("&File"));
   QMenu *recentFiles = new QMenu(tr("Recent Files"));
    for (int i = 0; i < MaxRecentFiles; ++i)
        recentFiles ->addAction(recentFileActs[i]);

    fileMenu->addMenu(recentFiles);

4.updateRecentFileActions()

void MainWindow::updateRecentFileActions()
{
    QSettings settings;
    QStringList files = settings.value("recentFileList").toStringList();

    int numRecentFiles = qMin(files.size(), (int)MaxRecentFiles);

    for (int i = 0; i < numRecentFiles; ++i) {
        //QString text = tr("&%1 %2").arg(i + 1).arg(QFileInfo(fullFileName).fileName());

           QString text = files[i];  //文件的全路径名称
        recentFileActs[i]->setText(text);    // important
        recentFileActs[i]->setData(files[i]);  // important
        recentFileActs[i]->setVisible(true);  // important
    }
    for (int j = numRecentFiles; j < MaxRecentFiles; ++j)
        recentFileActs[j]->setVisible(false);

    separatorAct->setVisible(numRecentFiles > 0);
}

 

5. openRecentFile() slots:

void MainWindow::openRecentFile()
{
    QAction *action = qobject_cast<QAction *>(sender());
    if (action)
        loadFile(action->data().toString() );
}

 

6.

void MainWindow::loadFile(const QString &fileName)
{
    QFile file(fileName);
    if (!file.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text)) {
        QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Recent Files"),
                             tr("Cannot read file %1:/n%2.")
                             .arg(fileName)
                             .arg(file.errorString()));
        return;
    }

    QTextStream in(&file);
    QApplication::setOverrideCursor(Qt::WaitCursor);
    textEdit->setPlainText(in.readAll());
    QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();

    setCurrentFile(fileName);
    statusBar()->showMessage(tr("File loaded"), 2000);
}

 

7.

void MainWindow::setCurrentFile(const QString &fileName)
{
    curFile = fileName;
    setWindowFilePath(curFile);

    QSettings settings;
    QStringList files = settings.value("recentFileList").toStringList();
    files.removeAll(fileName);
    files.prepend(fileName);
    while (files.size() > MaxRecentFiles)
        files.removeLast();

    settings.setValue("recentFileList", files);

    foreach (QWidget *widget, QApplication::topLevelWidgets()) {
        MainWindow *mainWin = qobject_cast<MainWindow *>(widget);
        if (mainWin)
            mainWin->updateRecentFileActions();
    }
}